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French footballer and manager
René Scheibenstock
Personal information
Date of birth (1891-09-20)20 September 1891
Place of birth Le Locle, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Date of death 14 February 1966(1966-02-14) (aged 74)
Place of death Mohammedia, Morocco
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1915 SH de Marseille
1915–1925 Olympique de Marseille
1925–1926 Olympique de Marseille
(reserve)		 3 (3)
1926–1927 Olympique de Marseille
Managerial career
1927–1928 Olympique de Marseille
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Scheibenstock (20 September 1891 – 14 February 1966) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Stade Helvétique de Marseille and Olympique de Marseille in the 1910s and 1920s, His brothers Andreas, Charley, and Henri are also footballers. serving the latter as a captain and coach.

Playing career

Stade Helvétique de Marseille

Born on 20 September 1891 in Le Locle, Canton of Neuchâtel, his family moved to Marseille at the turn of the century, where his older brothers founded Stade Helvétique, a sports club of Swiss and English immigrants.

Together with the Hattenschwyler brothers (Henri and Albert), Ernest Utiger, and William Widdington, the Scheibenstock brothers played a crucial role in the Helvétique team that won six consecutive Littoral championships from 1909 to 1914, three of which with a 100%-winning record (1910–12), and these victories qualified the club for the USFSA national championship, where it reached four finals and won three titles in 1909, 1911, and 1913, thus becoming Marseille's flagship club in the early 1910s. On 1 May 1910, he started as a forward in the 1910 USFSA national final, doing so alongside his older brother Andreas (defender); Helvétique lost 7–2 to US Tourquennoise. In order to distinguish the brothers, the French newspaper L'Auto (the forerunner of L'Équipe) refers to him as Scheibenstock II, probably due to being the youngest of the brothers.

In the preview of the 1911 USFSA national final, the line-up of SH only mentions one Scheibenstock, the defender, but in the end, both Andreas and René started in the final again, with the latter scoring once to help his side to a 3–2 win over Racing Club de France. On 27 April 1913, he started in the final of the USFSA national final, making some "nice runs and crosses" to help his side to a 1–0 win over FC Rouen.

The 1913–14 Littoral Championship was only decided on the last matchday, which pitted Helvétique against its main rival OM, and it was Scheibenstock who scored a late winner to seal a 3–2 victory, thus being declared the Littoral champion for the sixth consecutive time.

Olympique de Marseille

In 1914, Stade Helvétique had to close its doors due to a lack of opponents, since all of them had been mobilized on the front during the outbreak of the First World War, with the club eventually ceasing all activity in 1916. Their biggest rivals, Olympique Marseille, took advantage of its dissolution to incorporate several of the club's most prominent players, such as Marcel Vanco and three of the Scheibenstock brothers.

Charley, Henri, and especially René played a crucial role in helping OM win back-to-back regional championships in 1918 and 1919 (Littoral and Provence), and reaching the 1919 USFSA Coupe final; however, René missed the latter due to injury, and without him, OM lost 4–1 to Le Havre. On 10 August 1919, he participated in the constitutive assembly that approved the foundation of the Ligue de Provence.

Scheibenstock stayed loyal to OM for over a decade, from 1915 to 1927, scoring 26 goals in 76 official matches, as well as three goals in three matches for OM's reserve team. During this period, Scheibenstock became the captain of the first team, then coach in the 1927–28 season, and finally as president of the club's football committee.

Death

Scheibenstock died in Mohammedia, Morocco, on 14 February 1966, at the age of 74.

Honours

SH de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille

References

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  2. ^ "René Scheibenstock". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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  4. "Joueurs de Switzerland - Marseille" [Players of Switzerland - Marseille]. cintana.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Stade Helvétique de Marseille" [Marseille Helvetic Stadium]. histoire.maillots.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  6. ^ "La finale du Championnat de France de Football Association" [The final of the French Association Football Championship]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 2 May 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  7. "Racing Club de France contre Stade Helvétique de Marseille" [Racing Club de France against Stade Helvétique de Marseille]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 29 April 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  8. "Le Stade Helvétique de Marseille est champion de France" [The Stade Helvétique de Marseille is champion of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 1 May 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  9. "Le Stade Helvétique de Marseille est champion de France" [The Stade Helvétique de Marseille is champion of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 28 April 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Quand le Stade helvétique était le premier club de Marseille" [When Stade Helvétique was Marseille’s first club]. www.sofoot.com (in French). 13 November 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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  13. "OM saison 1919-1920, premier Championnat du Sud-Est" [OM season 1919-1920, first South-East Championship]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  14. "OM, saison 1927-1928" [OM, 1927-1928 season]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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